What are a handful of reasonable men against a crowd with stones in their hands?
GEORGE ELIOTAppearances have very little to do with happiness.
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Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends?
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It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
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Human feeling is like the mighty rivers that bless the earth: it does not wait for beauty – it flows with resistless force and brings beauty with it.
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… it is one thing to like defiance, and another thing to like its consequences.
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Any coward can fight a battle when he’s sure of winning.
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What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.
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It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them.
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One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!
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There is a great deal of unmapped country within us.
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Genius … is necessarily intolerant of fetters.
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Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration?
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I carry my unwritten poems in cipher on my face!
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To manage men one ought to have a sharp mind in a velvet sheath.
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We are contented with our day when we have been able to bear our grief in silence, and act as if we were not suffering.
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Decide on what you think is right, and stick to it.
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